by Déjà Vu Wine Co. | Aug 14, 2025
ZENKURO Queenstown, NZ zenkuro.co.nz Zenkuro Sake is handcrafted with passion at Zenkuro Sake Brewery in Queenstown. Established in 2015, Zenkuro is Aotearoa/New Zealand’s first and only sake brewery. ‘Zen’ means all, whilst ‘kuro’ means black—a simple but powerful...
by Deja Vu Wine Co | Oct 15, 2021
VAVASOUR Marlborough vavasour.com The Vavasours arrived in New Zealand and established themselves in the Awatere Valley in 1890. Nearly a century later in 1985, Peter Vavasour identified the Awatere Valley as the new frontier for New Zealand wine growing and...
by Deja Vu Wine Co | Oct 15, 2021
THE PASS Marlborough thepasswine.co.nz The Pass wines were named after the saddle in the range that separates the two main valleys in Marlborough, the Awatere & the Wairau. This saddle allowed travellers to “pass” between the two. The Wairau ValleyThe valley’s...
by Deja Vu Wine Co | Oct 15, 2021
TE KAIRANGA Martinborough www.tkwine.co.nz The stone-filled river terraces are free-draining while the top soils vary from slope to slope. A rain shadow effect created by the Rimutaka Ranges to the south-west and the Tararua Ranges to the west keeps the region dry....
by Deja Vu Wine Co | Oct 15, 2021
RUSSIAN JACK Martinborough www.russianjack.co.nz One of the most famous swaggers of the Martinborough region was a man known simply as Russian Jack (Barrett Crumen 1878 -1968). Although his origins have been disputed between Russia and Ukraine, he was actually born...
